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Philippines to withdraw from ICC over drugs inquiry

Philippines to withdraw from ICC over drugs inquiry

-- 2018-03-14 15:07:28

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has said he plans to withdraw his country from the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it began examining the country’s drugs war. A statement said th...

German lawmakers meet to re-elect Merkel

German lawmakers meet to re-elect Merkel

-- 2018-03-14 14:42:27

Germany’s parliament is meeting to elect Angela Merkel for a fourth term as chancellor, ending nearly six months of political drift in Europe’s biggest economy. Merkel needs the support o...

Insurgents attack Afghan security checkpoint, killing 10

Insurgents attack Afghan security checkpoint, killing 10

-- 2018-03-14 12:47:14

At least 10 security personnel have been killed after militants attacked a security checkpoint in western Afghanistan early Wednesday, officials said. Abdul Samad Salehi, a member of the Farah provin...

Trump-Russia probe: Democrats find ‘significant evidence’ of collusion

Trump-Russia probe: Democrats find ‘significant evidence’ of collusion

-- 2018-03-14 12:31:50

Democratic members of the US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said they would keep investigating Russia and the 2016 US election, despite a decision by Republicans on the panel to shut...

Ethiopia bus plunge takes 38 lives

Ethiopia bus plunge takes 38 lives

-- 2018-03-14 11:34:23

Thirty-eight people have died in Ethiopia after the bus in which they were travelling, plunged off a cliff, officials say. The accident occured in Legambo district in the country’s Amhara regio...

Asian shares slip on Tillerson exit

Asian shares slip on Tillerson exit

-- 2018-03-14 09:49:12

Asian shares faltered on Wednesday amid fears of rising US protectionism as President Donald Trump fired his Secretary of State, regarded as a moderate in his administration, and sought to impose heft...

13 die as Turkish bus rams into truck

13 die as Turkish bus rams into truck

-- 2018-03-13 15:29:22

At least 13 people have been killed as a passenger bus burst into flames after hitting a truck on a highway in the central Turkish province of Corum on Tuesday, says Turkey's state-run news agency. A...

Car bomb hits Yemen military kitchen, killing four

Car bomb hits Yemen military kitchen, killing four

-- 2018-03-13 15:11:46

A car bomb ripped through a military kitchen in Aden used to prepare meals for Yemeni forces trained and backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), killing at least four people on Tuesday. According t...

Indian oil imports from Venezuela hits record low

Indian oil imports from Venezuela hits record low

-- 2018-03-13 14:35:26

Indian oil imports from Venezuela have fallen to their lowest levels in over half a decade, as a severe economic and political crisis hits crude output in the South American OPEC member. The oil imp...

US mulls lifting Chad travel ban, says Tillerson

US mulls lifting Chad travel ban, says Tillerson

-- 2018-03-13 13:32:07

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Washington was considering lifting a travel ban on Chad, offering an olive branch to an ally in the fight against Islamist militant groups in West Africa....

South India road crash claims five lives

South India road crash claims five lives

-- 2018-03-13 13:10:47

At least five people have died in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu after a car in which they were travelling, collided head-on with a state-run bus the state's Krishnagiri district, a senior po...

Congo rival leader to return home for presidential bid

Congo rival leader to return home for presidential bid

-- 2018-03-13 12:45:09

Exiled Congolese opposition leader Moise Katumbi vowed to return to Democratic Republic of Congo by June to lodge his candidacy for a presidential election to replace President Joseph Kabila, currentl...

Four big concurrent events at CHINAPLAS

Four big concurrent events at CHINAPLAS

FE Online Desk 2018-03-13 12:26:20

SHANGHAI, CHINA - 13 March - Development of plastics and rubber technologies has roared ahead like a tiger in current years. CHINAPLAS, as a leading trade fair, offers a technology-oriented platf...

Republicans find no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion

Republicans find no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion

-- 2018-03-13 12:11:34

Republicans on a House panel have found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin in the US 2016 presidential election. Mike Conaway, who leads the inquiry, said the House I...

Asian shares mixed in lacklustre trade

Asian shares mixed in lacklustre trade

-- 2018-03-13 11:51:01

Asian shares were mixed in lacklustre trade on Tuesday, as the investors are keeping a close eye on tensions over trade following US President's announcement of hikes on steel and aluminum tariffs....

May blames Russia for spy poison attack

May blames Russia for spy poison attack

-- 2018-03-13 11:20:08

Moscow faces a deadline of midnight tonight to explain why a Russian-made nerve agent was used in the poisoning of former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter. The PM said it was ‘high...

Japanese shares tick lower

Japanese shares tick lower

-- 2018-03-13 11:14:49

Japanese shares ticked lower in Tuesday morning trade, with shares in steelmakers and automakers still battered by concerns about US tariffs on imported steel and aluminium. The Nikkei average drop...

Singaporean retail sales fall 8.4pc in Jan

Singaporean retail sales fall 8.4pc in Jan

-- 2018-03-12 16:31:03

The retail sales of Singapore went down 8.4 per cent in January year-on-year, comparing to a re-calculated 6.3-per cent rise last December, the Department of Statistics of Singapore has said. The...

May to hold security meeting on Russian spy poisoning

May to hold security meeting on Russian spy poisoning

-- 2018-03-12 15:16:56

Prime Minister Theresa May will chair a meeting of Britain’s National Security Council on Monday to discuss the poisoning of a former Russian double agent and his daughter. Former double agent...

Kashmir gunfight leaves three rebels dead

Kashmir gunfight leaves three rebels dead

-- 2018-03-12 14:57:40

A gunfight erupted between Indian troops and rebels on early Monday, killing three militants in disputed Kashmir and triggered more anti-India protests and clashes. According to police officials, the...

Colombia’s FARC suffers as conservatives dominate polls

Colombia’s FARC suffers as conservatives dominate polls

-- 2018-03-12 14:00:57

Colombia's conservative parties, opposed to the 2016 peace deal with FARC rebels, have taken the lead in the country's elections. Sunday's vote was the first in which the former FARC guerrillas, now...

US adds 313,000 jobs in February

US adds 313,000 jobs in February

-- 2018-03-12 12:42:52

The US economy added 313,000 jobs in February, the biggest number of jobs in more than 1-1/2 years, but a slowdown in wage growth pointed to only a gradual increase in inflation this year. Data for...

Forest fire kills nine trekkers in South India

Forest fire kills nine trekkers in South India

-- 2018-03-12 12:29:07

A massive forest fire in Kurangani hills in the South Indian State of Tamil Nadu, killed at least nine people on Sunday, Theni district collector M Pallavi Baldev said on Monday. Six of the nine dece...

Indian farmers march to Mumbai demanding loan waiver

Indian farmers march to Mumbai demanding loan waiver

-- 2018-03-12 12:02:17

More than 30,000 farmers have converged in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, after walking 167km (103 miles) from Nashik district to demand loan waivers and better prices for their produce. Th...

Turkish private jet crash claims 11 lives

Turkish private jet crash claims 11 lives

-- 2018-03-12 11:16:41

A Turkish private jet flying a group of young women from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul crashed Sunday in heavy rain in a mountainous region of Iran, killing all 11 people on board. Days earlie...

Asia shares rally on impressive US job data

Asia shares rally on impressive US job data

-- 2018-03-12 10:44:53

A relief rally swept across Asian share markets on Monday after the latest US jobs report managed to impress with its strength while also easing fears of inflation and faster rate hikes, a neat feat t...

Turkish airstrikes destroy 18 Kurdish targets in Iraq

Turkish airstrikes destroy 18 Kurdish targets in Iraq

-- 2018-03-11 15:43:57

Turkish warplanes destroyed at least 18 targets belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq over the weekend, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Sunday. The strike...

Mexico border wall funding: Trump rejects Nieto’s demand

Mexico border wall funding: Trump rejects Nieto’s demand

-- 2018-03-11 14:59:49

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he rejected a demand from Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto that Trump say Mexico would not have to pay for a proposed US border wall. At a campaign rall...

Will not bail out struggling banks: Tanzania president

Will not bail out struggling banks: Tanzania president

-- 2018-03-11 14:57:29

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has ordered the country’s central bank not to bail out any struggling banks as East Africa’s third-largest economy tries to control rising bad debt...

Court ruling against Pakistani minorities sparks criticism

Court ruling against Pakistani minorities sparks criticism

-- 2018-03-11 14:28:31

Rights activists in Pakistan are expressing concern over a court ruling that would require people to declare their religion on all official documents. They said it could lead to the persecution of mi...